(29 November 2010) Today, the most senior officials from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Organization of American States (OAS) and Tecnológico de Monterrey signed a cooperation agreement to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) among the region's companies.
Alicia Bárcena, José Miguel Insulza and Arturo Molina committed to developing joint activities in the corporate social responsibility area of the 2011 "Green Business Expo", to be held in Mexico from 4 to 6 April, so as to provide companies with a better understanding of relevant environmenta…
High-level government authorities, officials from the United Nations (UN) and representatives of civil society reaffirmed today their commitment to gender equality and urged for picking up the pace to achieve substantive equality, on the ground, and to avert setbacks in Latin America and the Caribbean, at a special event held during the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development in Costa Rica.
“This is a day to renew our commitment to gender equality and women’s autonomy. We have advocated for the physical, economic and political a…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called today for taking decisive climate action including to decarbonize economies, restore ecosystems and place value on their contribution to the economy and society, during a seminar organized by the Regional Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the National College of Mexico.
During her presentation on the economic perspective regarding sustainability, the senior United Nations official stressed the urgency of changing the development paradigm and model t…
The packages of measures implemented by governments to drive the post-pandemic economic reactivation are an opportunity to reorient the development pattern towards one that is more sustainable and inclusive, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today during the inauguration of Climate Week 2021.
The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the opening session of the virtual regional gathering, which is bringing together government representatives as well as private sector and civil society lea…
“The world is at a crossroads: development needs to be reformulated and economic policies, reshaped,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, indicated today during a keynote lecture delivered in the framework of the commencement of the 21st edition of ECLAC’s School of Latin American Development Studies.
The senior United Nations official called for implementing a big push for sustainability to build a future with more equality, solidarity and international cooperation. “We must act now to tame the emergency and think of the long te…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has put equality and sustainability at the center of the development of the region’s countries, convinced that another world is possible and that the post-pandemic recovery must be transformative, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, emphasized in a special chapter of the “ECLAC’s Horizons” multimedia program, available online as of today.
During this interview, the senior official spoke in detail about the main accomplishments of and issues addressed at ECLAC’s thirty-eighth session, …
The Comprehensive Development Plan for northern Central America and Mexico is the key to addressing the structural causes of migration because it seeks to create a space for sustainable development by stimulating economic growth, promoting universal access to social rights, fostering resilience to climate change and guaranteeing rights throughout the migratory cycle, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), indicated today.
The senior United Nations official participated in a high-level event entitled “The Global Compact on Ref…
Heads of State, ministers and other high-level authorities from more than 25 Caribbean countries, along with officials from international and multilateral organizations, stressed the importance of implementing urgent solutions to support financing for development for that subregion’s nations in the era of COVID-19 and beyond, during two important virtual meetings convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) this Thursday, September 10.
The Sixth Meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) and the Twenty-eighth Session of the Caribbean Development an…
Inequality is the structural cause of social unrest in the region. For that reason, we need to move from a culture of privileges to a culture of equality and social inclusion, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed at the meeting of the World Economic Forum 2020, which concluded today in Davos, Switzerland.
The senior United Nations official participated throughout the week in numerous sessions of the global Forum, addressing the origins and persistence of inequality in the region’s countries as well as the impact th…
Intellectuals from Chile and elsewhere in Latin America, along with international officials, warned about the seriousness of the degradation of the region’s natural assets and called on countries to create their own development model based on equal rights and environmental sustainability. This occurred at the side event Foundational Thinkers on Sustainable Development, held on Monday, April 22, in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The g…
In the last six months, Caribbean island states have suffered the consequences of the worst hurricane season this century with more than 102 deaths and territories that were completely devastated, such as Barbuda, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Dominica, Cuba and Puerto Rico, among others. To help in their reconstruction and future adaptation to natural disasters, the criteria enabling them to access financing must be changed, according to the senior international officials gathered in New York at a special session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), convened to address the ef…
Latin America and the Caribbean is going through a difficult economic, political and social phase but has the opportunity to change its development trajectory towards more inclusive growth, with more sustainable investment and consumption patterns, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, said during the XX Annual Conference of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America.
The senior United Nations official added that the macroeconomic toolbox must be expanded to include fiscal policies that put greater emphasis on tax evasion and avoidance, which in the region represents 6.7% of regional …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its most important biennial meeting in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27, 2016, where officials will present its 45 member and 13 associated states a report on its activities and will offer governments a reflection upon development strategies in the context of the commitments contained in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, indicated that in the thirty-sixth session participants will debate the region’s economic, social and environmenta…
(April 17, 2015) ECLAC’s member states launched a consultative process for the creation of a Forum on Sustainable Development for Latin American and Caribbean Countries during an extraordinary session of the regional UN organization’s Committee of the Whole, held on Thursday 16 April in Santiago, Chile.
The Committee of the Whole is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that allows the governments of its member countries to meet between official sessions of the Commission. In its thirteenth period of sessions held on March 19-20 in New York, t…
(March 23, 2015) ECLAC’s member countries discussed the results of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation on Financing for Development—held in Chile on March 12 and 13—during the 30th session of the Committee of the Whole of this United Nations regional organization, which took place in New York on March 19-20.
The Committee of the Whole is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that allows the governments of member countries to meet in the periods between the Commission’s official sessions. Along with presenting the results of …
(4 October, 2013) International migration is a phenomenon with specific regional characteristics, which were presented by the Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Antonio Prado, at the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which is being held as part of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
On behalf of the five UN regional commissions, the senior official from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented the main messages from discussions organized by the commissions in collaboration with th…
(5 December 2012) On the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, representatives from business, UN, government and other stakeholder groups engaged in discussions on the role of fiscal instruments in environmental policy-making with the objective of identifying principles for a framework for environmental taxation and environment-related tax measures that promote green, inclusive economies.
The official side event on this matter, which took place today, was organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in partnership with the UN Economic Commission for Latin Am…
“No social actor, on their own, can achieve fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without cooperation and without partnerships, there is no 2030 Agenda.” With this declaration by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the official inauguration took place this Tuesday, April 1 of the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, the main intergovernmental gathering on the 2030 Agenda in the region, which is held each year under the auspices of ECLAC.
Senior government authorities from…
The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – began today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on the precise day that International Mother Earth Day is celebrated worldwide.
This event – which will run through April 24 – has brought together authorities and official representatives of countries that are already part of the region’s first environmental treaty as well as observer countries, experts …
In the framework of his official visit to the country, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, met today in Guatemala City with the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, where they discussed the current cooperation agenda between the Government and the United Nations regional organization and explored areas of collaboration for the Central American nation’s development.
ECLAC has stressed the importance of Latin American and Caribbean countries invigorating their growth and making…